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Definition of garrison in English:

garrison

noun

‘A narrow stretch of water was all that separated the Japanese invaders and the 14,000 British, Indian, and Canadian garrison troops left to defend the Crown Colony.’

‘He only had a small garrison defending London at this time.’

‘In what towns are the largest garrisons stationed?’

‘The additional garrisons, Filipino troops, and effective use of the Navy all were important to expanding the reach of American military power.’

‘The governor of the garrison was suspected of being a Jacobite traitor; an allegation he vehemently denied.’

‘The entire garrison would turn out for the Retreat ceremony.’

‘A small garrison of British troops would remain.’

‘It has reinforced its garrison of 35,000 troops.’

‘On the spur of the moment they decided to capture the Rock which was then badly defended by a small garrison of sixty Spanish soldiers.’

‘The garrison troops manning the regional bases of operation will facilitate local stability, maintain the lines of communication, and provide logistical support.’

‘If that was the case, then why didn't she go to the garrison posted in this town?’

‘By 0400 hours, the last shots were fired against the garrison and our regiments had withdrawn behind Shiyane Hill.’

‘With Hadrian we see the first steps toward a system of frontier garrison troops, permanently stationed, along with a field army that gets moved from one hot spot to another.’

‘The garrisons - native troops commanded by British officers - held out and were relieved after a week of day and night assaults.’

‘Key army officers visited army garrisons to convince commanders to join the uprising.’

‘As a result, large garrisons, powerful artillery batteries, airfields and fortified areas appeared on the extreme northern and southern islands: Kunashir, Shikotan and Iturup.’

‘The delay enabled the Japanese garrison of 19,000 troops to construct the most formidable beach defences, a way through which had to be cleared by underwater demolition teams.’

‘The scene of heavy fighting during World War I between Ottoman troops and the British garrisons in Aden, it became independent in 1918.’

‘Specifically, there is evidence that the garrisons of the forts stationed north of Hadrian's Wall were withdrawn, and that thereafter a permanent Roman military presence north of the Wall did not figure in Roman strategic planning.’

‘For the officers of the tiny garrison stationed at Camp Sheridan, the situation was akin to sitting on a powder keg.’

verb

[with object]

1Provide (a place) with a group of troops.

‘air reconnaissance showed the Germans had not garrisoned the island’

‘He points out that the town was garrisoned by two Basque battalions, and that it was a critical road junction for the twenty-three battalions holding the defensive line east of Bilbao, crucial to their successful retreat.’

‘It was mainly garrisoned by British troops, who dug more tunnels here to add to the mediaeval ones which already existed there.’

‘If he garrisons the cities, how should the attack be made?’

‘But these formations never contained even half the total strength available because many troops garrisoned strategic points or guarded important railroads.’

‘But the Crusaders were too few to garrison fortresses and hold ground in the great sea of opposition that now confronted them.’

‘In particular the traditional roles of the British army of garrisoning the empire and fighting in Europe were ceasing to be relevant.’

‘The plans included garrisoning every town with weapons and food stocks and decentralizing control to trusted commanders.’

‘During the war, it was used first to garrison Union troops and then to imprison up to 2,000 Confederate soldiers.’

‘A more lightly manned and shorter linear barrier could, potentially, release troops to garrison a more extensive territory such as the Lowlands of Scotland by a looser disposition of forts.’

‘In 1836 the British Legion helped raise the siege of San Sebastián, and regular Royal Marines arrived to garrison a nearby port.’

‘Henry agreed to garrison the towns only until 20 May, but told him to commit nothing to paper.’

‘But even if we were to garrison every town and village in the country, we could neither control nor stop this process.’

‘During this period the island was strongly garrisoned by regular troops, and the governor was nominated by the Crown.’

‘There they garrisoned the ancient fortress of Eilean Donan but were scattered by the energetic response of the local Hanoverian commander at the battle of Glen Shiel.’

‘It was this battle that caused the Kavanagh's to be treated so severally and had garrisoned the surrounding area so strongly and eventually led to the building of the chapel at Knockafaw as they could not build in the village.’

‘They were also allowed to garrison eight places and were given special places in all the parlements (known as chambres-mi-parties) where cases arose which involved Protestants.’

‘The island was garrisoned by 22,000 soldiers and fortified with a network of underground bunkers.’

‘The soldiers tried there best to garrison the town with what they had and readied themselves for the onslaught.’

‘The Foreign Office held that garrisoning the islands would be too provocative.’

‘His collaborators were left with no force to rely on but a few hundred French troops garrisoning strong points.’